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noun
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: annum, mul:a
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The time taken for the Earth to return to the same position along the ecliptic, completing a full cycle of seasons; a tropical year or solar year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: annum, mul:a
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noun
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: annum, mul:a
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noun
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The length of twelve lunations; the time taken for any moon phase to happen twelve times; a lunar year.
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Synonyms: annum, mul:a
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noun
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: annum, mul:a
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noun
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year.
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Synonyms: annum, mul:a
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noun
An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
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noun
A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
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noun
A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
A level or grade in school or college.
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noun
The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
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noun
Pronunciation spelling of here.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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noun
Pronunciation spelling of hear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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noun
a body of students who graduate together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: class
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gathering, assemblage
Narrower terms: graduating class, senior class, junior class, sophomore class, freshman class
noun
the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: anomalistic year, solar year, tropical year, astronomical year, equinoctial year, lunar year, sidereal year
noun
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: twelvemonth, yr
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: church year, Christian year, Holy Year, New Year, common year, 365 days, leap year, intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year, off year, calendar year, civil year, fiscal year, financial year, annum, year of grace, Y2K
noun
a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: school year, academic year
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh1-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh1r̥der. Proto-Germanic *jērą Proto-West Germanic *jār Old English ġēar Middle English yeer English year From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ġēar (“year”), from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh1r̥ (“year, spring”). Doublet of hora and hour. Cognates Cognate with Scots year (“year”), North Frisian djooar, iir, Jaar, jeer, juar, jäär (“year”), Saterland Frisian Jíer (“year”), West Frisian jier (“year”), Bavarian Joahr, Jåar, Jåhr (“year”), Cimbrian djar, jaar (“year”), Dutch jaar (“year”), German Jahr (“year”), Limburgish jaor, Johr, Joër (“year”), Low German Johr, Jåhr (“year”), Luxembourgish Joer (“year”), Mòcheno jor (“year”), Swabian Johr (“year”), Vilamovian jür (“year”), West Flemish joar (“year”), Yiddish יאָר (yor), יאָהר (yohr, “year”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish år (“year”), Faroese and Icelandic ár (“year”), Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr, “year”).
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